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Las Virgenes Road/Malibu Canyon Road
Canyon road that traverses the Santa Monica Mountains in Los Angeles County, California From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Las Virgenes Road / Malibu Canyon Road is a north–south road that runs for 11 miles (18 km) and traverses the Santa Monica Mountains in Los Angeles County, connecting California State Route 1 in Malibu with U.S. Route 101, the San Fernando Valley, and the Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve. The southernmost 8.5-mile (13.7 km) portion of the road between Route 1 and Route 101 is designated County Route N1 and nicknamed "the road from the Valley to the Sea."[1]
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Name
Las Virgenes Road is the truncated version of El Rancho de Nuestra la Reina de Las Virgenes (transl. the ranch of our Lady of the Virgins), also known as Rancho Las Vírgenes.[3] Malibu Canyon Road was named after Rancho Topanga Malibu Sequit, in which Malibu, a poor Anglicisation of Humaliwo (transl. place of the wild surf), was the name of a local Tongva or Chumash village.[4]
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Route description
From the south, Malibu Canyon Road begins at SR 1 in Malibu. It then heads north into the Santa Monica Mountains alongside Malibu Creek until it reaches Piuma Road, where Malibu Canyon Road becomes Las Virgenes Road. After entering the city of limits of Calabasas, Las Virgenes Road crosses Mulholland Highway then continues to US 101 (Ventura Freeway). The road then continues north to the entrance to the Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve, where it then turns into a dirt bike trail that extends for an additional 0.3 miles (0.48 km) to the Los Virgenes Canyon Trail.[2]
The 8.5 miles (13.7 km) of Malibu Canyon and Las Virgenes Road between SR 1 and US 101 is officially designated as County Route N1 (although Google Maps and other commercially produced maps may show the county route continuing north along Las Virgenes Road from US 101 to the Los Virgenes Canyon Trail).[1]
The segment from SR 1 to Lost Hills Road in Calabasas has been designated by the California Department of Transportation as part of the State Scenic Highway System.[5]
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History
Malibu Canyon Road was constructed in 1951. One year later, the road was extended to Las Virgenes Road, which at the time terminated at the crest of the Santa Monica Mountains. Once connected, the combination of these roads was nicknamed "the road from the Valley to the Sea."[1]
The portion of this road between Route 1 and Route 101 was designated County Route N1 in 1963. This road was also considered for the north–south alignment of the never built California State Route 64, which was proposed in 1963 based on a previous proposal from 1959. Plans for the Malibu portion of Route 64, which would have been named the Malibu Canyon Freeway, were abandoned in 1970 and the rest of the route was abandoned in 1975.[1][6]
Notable landmarks
Notable landmarks on Las Virgenes and Malibu Canyon Road include (from south to north): Malibu Bluffs Park, Pepperdine University, Backbone Trail, Tapia Park and Water Reclamation Facility, Malibu Hindu Temple, and Malibu Creek State Park.[2]
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References
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